Acting nods aside, "Moonlight" director Barry Jenkins was nominated for Best Director, Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay — the first time in Oscar history a black person has been nominated for all three in the same year. "Moonlight's" co-editor, Joi McMillon, became the first African American to earn a nomination for achievement in film editing.

Spencer, who's nominated for her role in the critically acclaimed film "Hidden Figures," recently told USA Today that although there are more black actors being recognized than usual, many other groups are still being left out of the conversation.

"I don’t feel there’s a lot of diversity. There’s black and white," she said. "But there are a lot more people of colour than African Americans... There’s so much more to diversity than being black or white... I’d like to see diversity in directing — there are brilliant women directors and cinematographers."

Twitter user @ReignOfApril, who originally created the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite, seemed to share similar sentiments.

On Tuesday, the Broadway Black managing editor replied to Nashville publication The Tennessean saying, "One year of films reflecting the Black experience doesn't make up for 80 yrs of underrepresentation of ALL groups. #OscarsSoWhite," after they insinuated the award show's diversity problem was over.